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Bath of Peru and benzoin

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Use not statedUse not stated PreparationBath RouteBath

No specific intended use is stated in the extracted passage

The extracted preparation passage does not state a specific intended use.

It documentsA historical source passage and its preparation structure.
It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
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Use not stated in the extracted passage.

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Automated live-review record

This formula was extracted automatically from a historical source and published directly for live editorial inspection. It may contain OCR, title, botanical-identity, ingredient, structure or safety errors. Do not use it as treatment, dosage or self-care guidance.

Source: The elements of materia medica [electronic resource] : comprehending the natural history, preparation, properties, composition, effects and uses of medicines by Pereira, Jonathan, 1804-1853; Clutterbuck, Henry, 1767-1856 dedicatee; Lindley, John, 1799-1865 dedicatee; Webb Street School of Anatomy and Medicine, former owner; St. Thomas's Hospital. Medical School Library former owner; King's College London (1839), monograph-offset-1339755-1.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Peru and benzoin: Styrax colatus, L. — Extractum Styracis , E. (Dissolve storax rectified spirit, and strain ; then let the spirit distil with a gentle he* until it becomes of a proper consistence, L. — The directions of t Edinburgh College are essentially the same, except that they direct t evaporation to be carried on by the vapour-bath, until the product ha the consistence of a thin extract).

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: Styrax colatus, L. — Extractum Styracis , E. (Dissolve storax rectified spirit, and strain ; then let the spirit distil with a gentle he* until it becomes of a proper consistence, L. — The directions of t Edinburgh College are essentially the same, except that they direct t evaporation to be carried on by the vapour-bath, until the product ha the consistence of a thin extract).

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, title ingredient mismatch, not marked promotable. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

Modern safety boundary

Professional review advised

Professional review is advised before any practical use of this preparation.

  • Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
  • Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
Sources & editorial standard

Primary wording. Visible interpretation. No borrowed certainty.

The public record separates the historical passage, structured preparation data, use relationship and modern safety boundary. Same-plant context is presented as context, never as proof that this preparation was intended for that use.

Primary and supporting references

  1. The elements of materia medica [electronic resource] : comprehending the natural history, preparation, properties, composition, effects and uses of medicines — The elements of materia medica [electronic resource] : comprehending the natural history, preparation, properties, composition, effects and uses of medicinesPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at monograph-offset-1339755-1.
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